Tribal Tattoos are thought to have originated from Southeast Asia. The term Tribal Tattoo now takes into account designs from the American Indians, Celts, Hawaiians, North Americans and Japanese amongst others.

Tribal Tattoos have become popular because they look good! Mostly inked using one colour black, they are intricate and very pleasing to look at.

Some common designs are:

• Celtic Knots
• Armbands
• Dragons
• Butterflies
• Crosses
• Suns

These tattoos look great on both men and women and are a popular choice as a lower back tattoo.
Many celebrities sport this type of tattoo for example Sandra Bullock has one below her navel, Pamela Anderson of Bay Watch fame has one on her lower back and Henry Rollins has a Tribal Sun design.

The most important thing when choosing a tattoo is finding one that you will love forever. Once inked a tattoo is permanent, it's with you for a lifetime. So it's important you make the right choice wouldn't you agree?

Far to many people act in haste, they get excited about the thought of having a tattoo and rush out to get the first design they see inked on their body. Big mistake and one that a lot of people make.

Choosing a tattoo that is perfect for you is not something you can do in 5 minutes. You need to take your time.

Searching the Internet for free tattoo designs although not always the wrong way to pick that perfect tattoo does have it's problems. Even assuming you find a design you like is the quality of the image good enough to use as a stencil? Can you enlarge it to a size you can apply to your body without losing quality? Mostly you can't so your tattoo artist has to use an imperfect stencil.

Much better is to find an on line database of thousands of designs and in the comfort of your own home pick the tattoo that is just right for you.

Yes it will cost you $16 - $30 but at least you know you will be giving your tattoo artist the very best chance of giving you that perfect tattoo.

If you would like to choose your tattoo from a database of thousands I would recommend Chopper Tattoos. Take a look, after all what have you got to lose except sleepless nights wondering how you are going to hide that tattoo you were once so proud of.

If you would like to learn more about Tribal Tattoos you may like to visit my Cool Tattoo Design website.

All the best and good luck,

Laura Rose Bartram